Trials & sentences of all the prisoners who have been tried before the Lords of Justiciary at Glasgow, this day : iucluding [sic] the different seutences [sic] of transportation, and other punishments; together with the addresses to the prisoners at the bar, by Lord Pitmilly, and the awful sentence of James Campbell, to be executed on the 23d October. Edward Hand to be whipped through Glasgow, and banished for life.
[Glasgow : s.n.,
1822]
Campbell was sentenced to be hanged on the 23rd October 1822 but was reprieved on the 31st October with the sentence commuted to transportation for life. He was never actually transported and spent his sentence aboard the prison hulks in London until released in August 1830. Returning to his old habits he was arrested, again for housebreaking and was finally executed in May 1831.
Campbell, James, -1831.
Great Britain. Circuit Court of Justiciary (Glasgow, Scotland)
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